Improvement in machine for making fruit-cans



: To all whom it may concern l N nmol eine ISAAC KLING, orVSEYMOUR/INDIANA Letters Paten.'t2\ro.`100,775,` dated March 15, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINE FOR MAKING FRUIT-GAINS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part-ofsame.

`Be it known that I, ISAAC KLING, of Seymour, in the county of Jackson,and State of Indiana, have in- .vented certain new and usefulImprovements in Machines for Making Fruit-Cans; and I do hereby declarethat the fol-lowing is,v a full, clear, and exact description thereof,reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification;

The nature of my invention Aconsists in the construction and arrangementof a device for making fruit-cans, or rather, for holding them whilesoldering. In order to enable others skilled in the art to which myinvent-ion appertains to make and use the same, I

will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referringto the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section, andFigure 2-is a plan view of my device, placed within a. can. t l

"i A Ak represent sections 'of a cylinder divided longi` tndinally andheld together by a rubber or elastic band, B, placedat each end in acirculaigroove around its circumference;

Through `the center of the cylinder formed` of the sections A A is ahole, through which the plunger C v passes.

` This plunger is provided with two inclined orheveled projections, onenear` dieI lower and the other a suitahledistance above, as shown infig. l. When the plunger'Cis drawn up, as. represented in saidL figure,the four sections join close together, and h the lower one of thebeveled projections,above men- .tioned, ts in recesses made for thatpurpose in the inner sides of the sections. i l .l

Upon the outer periphery of each section A, at each end, is fastenednear oneedge a metal spring, D, which is wound, or rather curved,extending around the outer surface of the section to which it isattached, and laps over about two-thirds of the way on the next section,resting or tting on the inner `end of a similar spring attached to thelatter section.

In this manner the entire cylinder-is at` each end surrounded by metalsprings, which gives it great strength, and causes the sections toseparate or expand equally in all directions; and as the seams of cansare generally only one seam lengthwise and one at the bottom, it will beseen `that when the 4bottom is made, the body oi' the can placedtherein, and' my machine within the same, then, by pushing down theplunger, the springs D D keep au unbroken bearing against the'entireseam at the bottom, whilst, if such` springs were omitted, there wouldbe an opening where the Asections separate in expanding.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure 'by Letters Patent, is e 1.The mandrel, consisting' of the sections -A A,

elastic band B, and plunger C', substantially as de- Witnesses C.ALEXANDER, T. H. ALEXANDER.

